Penny monthly plan
$15a month
100 phone minutes and 200 text exchanges a month. You pay, then invite your parent to switch it on.
Whether you live nearby or across the country
Easy ways to help Mom or Dad, wherever you live.
Give your parent useful tools without adding another complicated app to their life.
Everything works by email, phone or a simple website, and your parent stays in charge of their own account.
Four easy ways to start.
Help Mom or Dad find more to enjoy nearby
The Week Ahead · Free
Invite your parent to the free weekly newsletter, or subscribe them with their permission. Local concerts, classes, walks and places to eat, every week.
Invite themGive them a helpful number for everyday questions
Penny · Free or $15 a month
Introduce Penny, try the number together, and pay for the monthly plan if you'd like. They call or text whenever something comes up.
About PennyCapture family stories while there's time to ask
Memoir Writer · Free PDF, $26.50 printed
Help your parent start a memoir, send them questions you've always wondered about, and order printed copies for the family.
About Memoir WriterStay connected through shared plans
Any Brightleaf product
Forward an event from the newsletter and offer to go together. It's an easy way to make plans, even from far away.
See this week's ideas
Their privacy
Your parent stays in charge.
You won't see their calls, texts or drafts unless they choose to share them.
- Their account
- Your parent activates it and controls it.
- Conversations
- Paying for Penny doesn't give you their conversations or personal details.
- Stories
- Memoir drafts are theirs. You see what they choose to share.
- Sharing
- Only with their clear consent, and they can stop sharing anytime.
- Cancel
- Paid plans can be canceled at any time.
Gifts for birthdays and holidays
Two gifts they'll use long after the holidays.
Printed memoir
$26.50a copy
Help your parent start their memoir, then give the printed book. Extra copies make good gifts for the rest of the family.
The easiest place to start
Invite your parent to The Week Ahead.
We'll send one friendly invitation from you. Your parent decides whether to subscribe.
The newsletter is free.